Peta-Gay Anderson
Recruiter
Summary
I am a self motivated professional with solid experience in leadership. Adept at implementing strategic plans, driving growth and improving processes and operations. I am skilled in building sustainable relationships with customers and team members. I have always been successful at managing multiple priorities with a willingness to take on new responsibilities to achieve team goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Recruiter
Achieve Test Prep
Remote
02.2022 - Current
- Partnered with departmental managers to ascertain hiring needs and subsequently provide candidate recommendations.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to create job summaries and criteria assessment for each position.
- Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of candidates through effective screening processes.
- Evaluate applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Created and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
- Develop recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build network.
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
- Developed and implemented plans to improve recruitment process.
- Create job postings and advertise job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Generate and analyze reports to monitor employee engagement and attrition trends.
- Coordinate schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.
- Managed executive recruitment process for VP candidates
ELearning Curriculum Specialist
Achieve Test Prep
Remote
09.2022 - Current
- Assist with creating curriculum and lesson plans.
- Review and proof read curriculum and make suggestions for improvement.
- Fill the gap on special projects to ease the burden of the team.
Peer Support Moderator
Supportiv
Remote
10.2021 - Current
- Self-motivated with the responsibility to support users who struggle with mental and emotional health, social, relationship and other life challenges.
- Identify crisis situations and refer users to the relevant emergency helplines.
- Use critical thinking to break down problems, help users evaluate solutions and make their own decisions.
- Validate users to help build confidence and provide a sense of hope.
- Deter users from suicidal thoughts and provide alternate solutions to self harm.
- Connect users who are experiencing similar struggles to support each other.
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
- Use communication and probing skills to help users navigate and identify the root of their struggles and explore alternate perspectives.
- Provide recommendations and suggestions on ways to improve our services to provide more positive experience for users and employees alike.
- Create a safe and trusting environment for users to share their feelings.
Startup Founder
Boostas Juice
Westmoreland
09.2018 - 11.2020
- Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
- Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identified opportunities for new offerings.
- Created and monitored promotional approaches in an effort to increase sales and profit levels and brand awareness.
- Developed key operational initiatives in an effort to drive and maintain growth of the business.
- Recruit and trained new employees and product
- Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
- Created new product formula's and concepts to increase value in our service and products.
Payroll Analyst I
Conduent
Montego Bay
10.2015 - 08.2020
- Complete pre and post payroll activities
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Complete pre and post payroll activities
- Write new Desk Top Procedures for new assign tasks
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
Small Business Owner
Sapphyre Promotions & Marketing Agency
Westmoreland
03.2013 - 08.2018
- Provided quality customer service by resolving escalated problems and calmly responding to shifting priorities.
- Promoted business via social media and offline to generate leads and maximize brand identity.
- Created processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
- Pitched our services to prospective customers to showcase benefits and value.
- Participated in business and social events to promote our services and network with business owners, promoters and heads of marketing for varied corporate brands.
- Introduced new methods, practices to improve efficiency and creativity and boost results.
- Recruit and trained new employees on proper protocols, clients expectation, clients product and service knowledge, proper communication and approach and customer service standards.
- Provided progress reports to clients, resolved incidents, provided solutions and implement new processes to improve service delivery.
- Build and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong problem resolution and communication skills.
- Negotiated price and service with clients, vendors to decrease expenses and increase profit.
- Tracked employee attendance, punctuality and performance to address repeated problems quickly to in an effort to prevent long-term habits.
- Manage billing, invoicing and payroll for employees and stakeholders
- Researched trends and current innovations to determine competition and develop competitive and unique services and pricing.
Education
Pre University School
Jamaica 09.2008 - 06.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
University of The Common Wealth Caribbean
Jamaica 09.2018 - 07.2021
Skills
Full cycle recruiting
undefinedCertification
Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behavior
Work Availability
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Quote
Life is a balance of pain and happiness, how you come out on the other side of your pain will determine your happiness.
Self
Timeline
Skills training for children with disabilities and developmental delays
01-2023
ELearning Curriculum Specialist
Achieve Test Prep
09.2022 - Current
Recruiter
Achieve Test Prep
02.2022 - Current
Peer Support Moderator
Supportiv
10.2021 - Current
Digital Marketing
09-2021
Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behavior
07-2021
Startup Founder
Boostas Juice
09.2018 - 11.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration
University of The Common Wealth Caribbean
09.2018 - 07.2021
Payroll Analyst I
Conduent
10.2015 - 08.2020
Small Business Owner
Sapphyre Promotions & Marketing Agency
03.2013 - 08.2018
Pre University School
09.2008 - 06.2009
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